Creating a Greeting Card

1 Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 Create a greeting card Say Happy New Year in your own special way! Using 1. Create a new document. Photoshop Elements 2.0, you can make a unique Choose File > New. In the New dialog box, create a new greeting for your family, friends, and professional document that is an appropriate size for a card. We used associates. This tutorial shows you how to create the the typical Japanese postcard size, 100 mm wide, 148 background for your card, and how to add text and a mm high, with a resolution of 300 pixels per inch. Enter photograph. a name and click OK. Tutorial ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 2.0 2 Create a greeting card 2. Create the background. Select the brush tool. In the brush picker in the option Use the painting tools to create your background. We bar, choose a soft edge brush between 100 to 300 pixels. created our background by using the gradient tool and Click everywhere you want snow ﬂakes to appear. the paintbrush. In the swatches palette, select a color for the foreground and white for the background. Drag down in your document with the gradient tool. 4. Add a custom shape Select the custom shape tool in the toolbar. In the options bar, open the shape picker and then choose a character. We choose the sheep character (character 8). Draw the shape in your document. Select Shape 1 in the Layers palette and adjust the opacity for the effect you want. 3. Create the fuzzy snowﬂakes. In the Swatches palette, choose white for the foreground color. Choose Layer > New >Layer, change the layer opacity to 50%, and click OK. Tutorial ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 2.0 3 Create a greeting card 5. Add your greeting text 7. Soften the edges of the photo. Select a new foreground color then select the vertical or Select the eraser tool and choose a soft-edge brush from horizontal type tool and type your text. In the options the brush picker in the option bar. Drag it around the bar, set the weight and size of your text. image to soften the edges and help the image blend in with the background. 6. Add a photo Open the Photo you want to use then drag it from the layers palette to your card. Choose Image > Transform > Free Transform and then resize or rotate the image as necessary. Use the move tool to move the photo to the correct location in your card. 8. Save your greeting card You can save your card to print it, or to email it or post it to your Web site. To save for print, choose File > Save and print according to your printer instructions. If you want a different format, choose File > Save As. To send as an email attachment, choose File > Attach to E-Mail. In the Attach to E-Mail dialog box, click Auto Convert. Photoshop Elements converts your card to JPEG format and launches your default email program, with your card already attached. To save for the Web, choose File > Save for Web. In the Save for Web dialog box, make the adjustments you want and click OK. Adobe, the Adobe logo, and Photoshop Elements are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. Windows is either a registered trademark or trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Macintosh is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the United States and other countries. ©2002 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved..

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